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The African Development Bank (AfDB) prioritizes youth empowerment through various initiatives focused on skills development, entrepreneurship, and job creation. The Bank is implementing the Youth, Jobs and Skills Marker System to integrate these aspects into all its projects, ensuring young Afric...
AFDB PCMA refers to the Project Cycle Management Academy (PCMA), an initiative of the African Development Bank (AfDB). It is part of the African Development Institute, which coordinates and oversees the Bank's capacity development efforts in Regional Member Countries (RMCs). The PCMA aims to enha...
This course will take you through the disbursement policies and procedures, methods, toolkits, and reports of the African Development Bank. The course comprises of three modules and a final quiz. The first module is "The Bank's Disbursement Policies and Procedures" The second module is "The B...
The strategy outlines a vision for a "prosperous, inclusive, resilient and integrated" Africa and focuses on accelerating inclusive green growth and building prosperous, resilient economies. The strategy is a key part of the Bank's efforts to foster economic growth and social progress in Africa.
Results-based financing (RBF) is a mechanism that links payments to the achievement of pre-defined results, rather than simply paying for inputs or activities. It incentivizes service providers to focus on delivering quality outcomes by rewarding them for reaching specific, measurable targets. Th...
Margin Trading Facility (MTF) is a product approved by exchanges that allows you to buy stocks by paying only part of the total value. The broker funds the remaining amount and charges interest on this loan.
Illicit Trade in Natural Resources and Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) are a rising and pervasive problem for developing and emerging market economies. IFFs stem from the proceeds of illicit trade, trade mis-invoicing, and transfer mis-invoicing, often seen as means to avoid and evade tax and ot...